老虎机 (老虎機)
lǎo hǔ jī
Pinyin
Definition
老虎机 (老虎機)
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- slot machine
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- 2 old (of people)
- 3 venerable (person)
- 4 experienced
- 5 of long standing
- 6 always
- 7 all the time
- 8 of the past
- 9 very
- 10 outdated
- 11 (of meat etc) tough
- 1 (coll.) husband
- 1 (coll.) wife
- 1 mother
- 2 mom
- 1 native place
- 2 place of origin
- 3 home state or region
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
Sample Sentences
我保证只玩老虎机,才一分钱一次。
I promise I'll only play the slots. It's only one cent each time.
不要,不要,这个老虎机真好玩。我要继续玩。
No way, no way. This slot machine is really fun. I want to keep playing.
Macao's specialty is gaming tables. It doesn't matter if it's roulette or cards. Every table is really hot. There aren't a lot of slot machines.
Good heavens. The rate they make money is too fast, don't you think? What are they gambling on? Slot machines or cards?